Big Boss (Metal Gear)

The Big Boss is a male video game character who features in Metal Gear Solid.

Biography

The Big Boss (Japanese: ビッグ・ボス, Hepburn: Biggu Bosu) was a male human born in 1935 where he had a military career that stretched to the 1950's where he became a disciple of the Boss. He came to join the Boss in June 1950 where they fought in the Korean War. During that time, the Boss taught him everything relating to combat, martial arts, weaponry, survival, espionage, psychology and foreign languages. Over time, he came to respect the Boss and revered her not only as a mentor but a kind of parental figure. Despite their time together, the two would part ways on June 12, 1959.

By 1964, he was recruited into a CIA special forces unit called FOX founded by Zero and e went under the codename of Naked Snake (ネイキッド・スネーク, Neikiddo Sunēku). On August 24, 1964, under the command of Major Zero, the supervision of The Boss, and the assistance of Para-Medic, Jack took part in the Virtuous Mission as a member of the CIA's FOX Unit, in which he was to rescue defecting Soviet scientist Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolov. He infiltrated the Soviet region of Tselinoyarsk after undertaking the world's first High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) jump. Evading KGB troops in the region, Snake successfully made contact with Sokolov and escorted him to safety, following a brief battle with Major Ocelot of GRU. Before he knocked the defeated Ocelot unconscious, Snake complimented the young officer on his gun-fighting skills, but suggested that his rather flashy style was better suited to revolvers than pistols. As Snake escorted Sokolov back to the extraction point, the professor explained to him that the Soviet government had forced him to work on a new revolutionary weapon, the Shagohod. Fearing the destructive power of this weapon, Sokolov begged Snake to make sure to warn his government about its existence and see to its destruction. However, the mission ended in failure with the surprise defection of The Boss, and Snake was injured during a confrontation with her, in which he was thrown from a rope bridge. Sokolov was taken by The Boss's Cobra Unit as a gift for the rogue GRU colonel Yevgeny Borisovitch Volgin. The Boss also personally gave Volgin a stolen Davy Crockett Weapon System, along with two American nuclear warheads. Volgin immediately decided to test out his new weapon, by blowing up Sokolov's test facility, with the injured Snake witnessing the explosion up close as he waited for his emergency extraction.

Following his rescue, Snake was placed in an advanced intensive care unit where he was interrogated by agents of the U.S. Government, regarding The Boss's defection. A week later, Zero showed up at to the infirmary ward where Snake was kept in custody, and briefed him on the situation. The government had at first been planning to use them as scapegoats for the failed mission by charging both of them with high treason for their connection to The Boss, but had dropped the idea due to more pressing matters arising. Volgin's detonation of the nuclear warhead had created an international incident, as Soviet intelligence had detected both the explosion and the American plane that had delivered Snake in the area, and now the Soviet government were demanding an explanation. The Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev, was personally willing to believe that a rogue element of his intelligence service had been behind the detonation, but had pointed out that without any substantial evidence to back this claim, he would be unable to convince his cabinet and the Soviet army, who were both pressing for a nuclear retaliation against the Americans, of the U.S. government's innocence in the matter. Khrushchev was able to buy the Americans a week to find the evidence, but warned that failure to do so would in all probability trigger a full-scale nuclear war. So instead, the U.S. government now had an offer for Snake and Zero. They would both be cleared of any involvement in the defection under the condition that Snake, again under Zero's command, would return to Tselinoyarsk, eliminate The Boss, destroy the Shagohod, and recover Sokolov and the remaining nuclear warhead. This mission was designated Operation Snake Eater. For his support team, Para-Medic was once again signed on, along with the new member 'Sigint', a technology and weapons expert.

Despite not having completely recovered from his previous injuries, Snake was redeployed to Tselinoyarsk via a D-21 drone prototype. Zero briefed him on the way, telling that his first order of business was to meet up with a contact with the codename ADAM, an American mole in the KGB. Unbeknownst to him, however, he was secretly being followed by XOF commander Skull Face, who had been ordered to follow, assist and clean up after Snake. Shortly after his landing, The Boss appeared before him on a white horse. Snake demanded an explanation for her actions, but she refused to provide one, and instead disarmed him with ease, dismantled his gun, and destroyed the D-21 prototype. Unbeknowst to Snake, also she used this oppotunity to plant a transmitter on his person so she could keep track of his movements. The Boss then told him to leave the area, saying she would have to kill him if he persisted in following her, before riding away. Undeterred, Snake continued to where he was scheduled to meet with ADAM, but he instead met a mysterious woman who identified herself as EVA and claimed to be ADAM's partner. She provided him with a new gun, intel on Sokolov's whereabouts—telling him that he was held at Graniny Gorki, a Soviet research plant in the area—and a scientist disguise to help him infiltrate the base. Though Snake was wary towards EVA to begin with, as she failed to give him the correct countersign to prove her identity, he became convinced that she was on his side when she helped him to fight off another attack from Ocelot, who attempted to enact revenge on Snake for his humiliating defeat during the Virtuous Mission. He did, however, also prevent EVA from shooting the fleeing Ocelot, allegedly because he was 'still young', although he had actually taken a liking to him.

In time, Zero came to fear losing Big Boss and decided to enact a secret project called Les Enfants Terribles whereby the soldiers DNA was used to create genetically enhanced soldiers. A number of clones of the Big Boss were thus created with these including Solid Snake, Liquid Snake and Solidus Snake who were collectively known as the 'Sons of Big Boss'. Other aspects of the project saw his genetic legacy going to dozens of failures and the abortion of six fetuses during the early stages of the experiment. After learning of the project, Big Boss broke with Zero and decided to break from Zero as well as the Patriots where he sought to oppose their plans.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Big Boss was a tall, muscular man with a rugged build and soldier’s physique. His most distinguishing features included his eyepatch worn over the right eye, a beard, and military fatigues tailored for stealth and combat operations. His standard gear consisted of tactical equipment, camouflage uniforms, knives, firearms, and communications gear, with his appearance evolving over the years as he transitioned from CIA operative to mercenary commander. His visual identity — particularly the eyepatch and fatigues — became synonymous with his legendary reputation. When he was younger, he was known by the codename of Naked Snake (ネイキッド・スネーク, Neikiddo Sunēku). Such was his reputation and skill that he came to be known as The Greatest Warrior of the 20th Century, the Legendary Soldier and the Legendary Mercenary.

He came to hold an innate desire for conflict as this was the only thing he truly knew after having been exposed to combat from a young age.

In terms of personality, Big Boss was defined by his complex moral compass and conflicted loyalty between duty and personal conviction. He began as an idealistic soldier motivated by duty and honor, but the trauma of killing The Boss and witnessing manipulation by governments hardened him into a cynical, pragmatic leader. He often showed a stoic and commanding demeanor, but also demonstrated loyalty to comrades and the ability to inspire devotion among soldiers. His evolving philosophy ultimately centered on creating a world where soldiers had purpose beyond serving as tools of governments.

The Boss was both a mentor and a mother figure to the Big Boss where the two had spent 10 years living together with them developing their CQC in that time. During that time, they had developed a strong bond that would last for the rest of their lives. The Big Boss remarked on their relationship to EVA that half of him belonged to the Boss and that the ties between them was far deeper than that of friends or lovers.

Powers and abilities

Physically, Big Boss was a peak-condition soldier with exceptional endurance, reflexes, and combat proficiency. He was highly skilled in CQC (Close Quarters Combat), a martial art he co-developed with The Boss, and was a master of stealth, firearms, explosives, and survival techniques. His training allowed him to withstand extreme environments, from jungles to arctic bases. Despite being human, his sheer tactical intellect, adaptability, and physical conditioning made him a legendary operative capable of taking on entire armies through guerrilla tactics.

Notes

• The Big Boss was created by Hideo Kojima and designed by Yoji Shinkawa where he featured in the setting of the Metal Gear Solid universe.

Appearances

• Metal Gear Solid: (1987)
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater:

External Links

• Metal Gear Wiki Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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